Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-22
HOW | ESCAPED HER.
BY S l. SrICE.

Il sentfu! Only for him | should
Tn ne er have k ssed her, and in
that event YOU would not now
be reading this nalrrtive.
IN the outset let me tell you that nv
father was a stern and self-wilh d man
who liked to have everything regulated
exactly accord ng to his dictum He
was also an am teur ayricultur,st You
know what that implies of all en-
thrsiastS they are certainly the most
indefat gably UNI emitting. Why, he
was so devoted to the tiIling of the soil
that he wanted to keep me at t all the
time.
Happily for me our family abode was
in the C tv, so that "lhe Governor as
lam liarly called h m (when he was
alb enO when seat in his cosy library
foreca>ting the future Of farming or in
vent ng new styles of pumpkins,
couldn't positively determine W, ether
l was pruning pears at the farm, three
M les away, or drawing three OF kind
at the Caste Club, around in the next
block here was no way for him to
ascertain unless told HIM. That l
studously a. oided, you may depend.
Why, ncqu red sufficient skill in v
ing evaSive and Elusive answers to his
questions to have qualified me for the
pres demo OF some big railway
company.
Another pet project "the Governor"
had.
Whenever &c were not dissecting
AMI d scussng in their manifold aspects
the pro abilities of the Signal Service
and the prObabilit es OF what ully
calls the two breasts of the state" he
was generally engaged in descanting
upon the admirable attainments an
attractions of certain Young cousin of
his three degrees removed Three
removals are sa to be equal to fire.
So was not greatly surprised to learn
that she was red headed. My stern
parent had about concluded that |
sh"ud marry her. Date and details
only remained to he arranged. AS yet
however, la not the honor of her az
quaintance An t. tn dav, although
circumstances are somewhat altered, |
cannot recall that felt any particular
ly alert yraring to know her. just as
sure As my t;ention became in any
wis di> erte from the sub Jet of our
customary convers ton sufficiently to
indicate that m. interest in apple ag-
ricultnre was not "a active as it should
be, Cover nor wo"ld pu city put away
his papers and pr re parsn pS an come
at me. SO to speak W tn his re l-headed
relative. DO YOU wonder that | avo ded
his sage society as much a. pos' BILE?
+ nally he dec de that NJ IS Bruce
the name OF the lady he h I'd chosen for
my ife- should ray my sister visit at
Christmas. OF unnaturaly deter
mine to wholly IGN re her p' essence as
far as ordinary C witty perm tie Nor
is it strange Tat gre to rerard the
Iepr 'ach of Christmas as an impending
calamity
How lorged for an invitation to
81 end The hol days With some acquaint-
ance about II 20 miles away. Watch
ing and waiting avAiled nothing. Not
an out-Uf town j .vItation came.
A ter "r ting as last reSort,t to To +"
Yates. whom | cordial Y dsliked at
coll re, ong letter su geSti of a
tie ldeacy t SIT so nebo v. IMPLY be
use he I've away acr ss the couti
nent, l took II run up into the adjoining
country to see a pretty country girl
that knew
ow il seems strangely homogeneous.
but with a h 5 absorbing part ality for
/ astoria pursuits my aust,re parent
never liked to see me in pursuit OF the
pastoral din~el. So lie had very
detin rely ind Gated his disproval Of that
rurai Miss m: time before, although
he could ass On no specific objection
either to Il e lady or her family.
evertheless l went And enjoyed
my sit so much that l remained ten
DAYS.
When l got on the train to return
home the first man ran aga INST in the
car 10 Y infinite disgust, was Tom
ateS. So that last hope of escape was
shattered. S refuge could have
tolera cd him for short time, but as a
companion not at all. Evidently he
had not got my letter. So | sa d
nothing w tn an urgent invitation
ready ace pied | Co Id easilv get way;
but deliberate de arturo with no
plausible object nor delinit,. destination
would justly offend both my father and
his ward, Who was to be my sisters
guest.
Now there was moth ng for me but to
go through the ordeal. 81 determined
to face the mus as best might.
After nv encounter with Yates I
managed 10 escape int the next car
where found my old friend Harry
Weldon intrntly studying an apparent
~ yer, nds me young lady 81 far as
could be Judged from the back of her
head he SAT a few feet ahead of us.
~, she's beauty he exclaimed.
rapturously.
!. ow do you knowp" Iasked. "Do
shared, shoulders and a head full az
FURNISHED 60 Il hair Constitute beautyp"
just theu he turned her head to look
out through the W ndow opposite, and
WE aiehta glimpse Of rosy cheeks and
cora red mouth
'rhe.ei How does that suit your High
ness no rotor cd lrnmpnantly.
5 Is a yer, loNey woman, un-
do16lc.tl,. >ai
"Ry Josel lylton; how would you